Alexander Bannerman (engraver)

He advertised A Set of Edinburgh Habits in six copper plates in the Caledonian Mercury on 11 May 1756 and a further advertisement in the same on 17 June 1776 where he announced that his stay in Edinburgh would be very short before he returned to London, 'Having a desire to visit his native place, and to add as much as in his power to the advancement of the polite arts in Scotland, he purchased last year of Mr.

He engraved some plates for Alderman Boydell, ‘Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's Dream,’ after Ribera; the ‘Death of St. Joseph,’ after Velasquez; and ‘Dancing Children,’ after Le Maire.

In 1766 he was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists; in 1770 he is known to have been living in Cambridge.

1878) is a long list of his works; there are good specimens in the print room of the British Museum.

This article about an engraver, etcher or printmaker from the United Kingdom is a stub.